Gregory of Nazianzus
Autobiographical Poems
Seiten
1996
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-47281-4 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-47281-4 (ISBN)
This book contains Greek text and facing English translation of a selection from the surviving autobiographical poems of Gregory of Nazianzus. It is the first English translation of the texts.
The autobiographical poems of Gregory of Nazianzus, fourth-century Father of the Greek church, are remarkable not only for a highly individual picture of the Byzantine world but also for moments that are intimate, passionate, and moving. The book contains Greek text and facing English translation of a selection from his one hundred or so surviving poems. Gregory is best known for the five orations he gave in Constantinople but, De Vita Sua apart, his poems can only be read in a nineteenth-century Greek edition and have never before been translated into English. The selected poems highlight Gregory's spiritual outlook and also his poetics; Gregory shows his expertise in a variety of metres and literary dialects, deriving from his knowledge of classical Greek literature. The substantial introduction provides biographical information against which to set the poems, focusing particularly on the years which Gregory spent in Constantinople.
The autobiographical poems of Gregory of Nazianzus, fourth-century Father of the Greek church, are remarkable not only for a highly individual picture of the Byzantine world but also for moments that are intimate, passionate, and moving. The book contains Greek text and facing English translation of a selection from his one hundred or so surviving poems. Gregory is best known for the five orations he gave in Constantinople but, De Vita Sua apart, his poems can only be read in a nineteenth-century Greek edition and have never before been translated into English. The selected poems highlight Gregory's spiritual outlook and also his poetics; Gregory shows his expertise in a variety of metres and literary dialects, deriving from his knowledge of classical Greek literature. The substantial introduction provides biographical information against which to set the poems, focusing particularly on the years which Gregory spent in Constantinople.
Introduction; 1. To his own verses (II.1.39); 2. Concerning his own life (II.1.11); 3. Complaint concerning his own calamities (II.1.19); 4. On silence at the time of fasting (II.1.34); Epitaph and synopsis of his life (II.1.92).
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.12.1996 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Medieval Classics |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 143 x 224 mm |
Gewicht | 417 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
ISBN-10 | 0-521-47281-4 / 0521472814 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-47281-4 / 9780521472814 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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